Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Havens Corner (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Havens Corner. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Havens Corner ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Havens Corner: Havens Cor. (or less commonly used: Havens Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Havens Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Havens Corner may originally have been Haven's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Havens Corner might be written as Haven Corner.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Havens Corner is located in Yates County.
To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Yates County: Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca & Steuben.
Below are the counties that are near Havens Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Havens Corner:
- Yates County (The home county of Havens Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Havens Corner, with the one closest to Havens Corner listed first.
- Benton Center
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Yatesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Bellona
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Penn Yan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Angus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Potter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Dresden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rushville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Keuka Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Barrington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Himrod
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vine Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Vine Valley is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Havens Corner, with the one closest to Havens Corner listed first.
- Aurora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Willets
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Black Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Union Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Atwaters
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Ledyard
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Poplar Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Scipioville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Sherwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Cayuga
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Roads
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Oakwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Auburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Havens Corner, with the one closest to Havens Corner listed first.
- Springwater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Websters Crossing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lima
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lima is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,008 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lima <2>
- Foots Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Foots Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Corners
- Livonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Havens Corner, with the one closest to Havens Corner listed first.
- Ford Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ford Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Corner
- Mendon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Honeoye Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Havens Corner, with the one closest to Havens Corner listed first.
- Hall
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gorham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Billsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Flint
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Cottage City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cottage City is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
- Seneca Castle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Geneva
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
- Melvin Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- Dobbins Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Woodville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Woodville is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Canandaigua
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Canandaigua is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,152 people
- Canandaigua has also been known as:
- Canadaigua
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canandaigua <2>
- Bristol Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Havens Corner, with the one closest to Havens Corner listed first.
- Wayne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hector
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- North Reading
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Logan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Reading Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Searsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Bennettsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Perry City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Watkins Glen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Watkins Glen is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,851 people
- Former names for Watkins Glen:
- Jefferson
- Salubria
- Watkins
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watkins Glen <2>
- Townsend
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Mecklenburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wedgewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Havens Corner, with the one closest to Havens Corner listed first.
- Willard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Border City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Ovid
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Romulus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lodi
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Varick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Kuneytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Waterloo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Interlaken
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Interlaken is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
- Former names for Interlaken:
- Farmer Village
- Farmer
- Farmerville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Interlaken <2>
- Canoga
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Seneca Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kidders
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Tyre
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Havens Corner, with the one closest to Havens Corner listed first.
- Catawba
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Keuka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- South Pulteney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Prattsburgh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Urbana
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Hammondsport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Atlanta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Mitchellsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchellsville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Cold Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cold Springs is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Hermitage
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hermitage is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Cohocton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Havens Corner, with the one closest to Havens Corner listed first.
- Trumansburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Taughannock Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Jacksonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Willow Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- North Lansing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- Myers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Havens Corner, with the one closest to Havens Corner listed first.
- Newark
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lyons
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mud Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
- East Palmyra
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
- Palmyra
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Yellow Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
- Macedon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fairville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Marquart Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
- Clyde
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Macedon Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
- Huddle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Huddle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddle
- Marion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Havens Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Havens Corner.
Cemeteries Near Havens Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Havens Corner.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Havens Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Havens Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Havens Corner, with the one closest to Havens Corner listed first.
- Alcott Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Benton Mennonite Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Baldwin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Benton Rural Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cole Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Briggs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs Cemetery
- The Briggs Cemetery has also been known as:
- Southwest Benton Rural Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64028 <3>
- Merrifield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Voak Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sutherland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Barden / Page Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Yatesville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (471 more) ...
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Michael's RC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lake View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
While we didn't find Havens Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Havens Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Havens Corner, with the one closest to Havens Corner listed first.
- Benton Center
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Benton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Benton is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Voak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Voak is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voak
- Penn Yan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bellona
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Milo Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Milo Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo Mills
- Seneca Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Mays Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mays Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Mills
- Hall
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Friend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Friend is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friend
- Gorham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Angus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Potter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Bluff Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Second Milo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Second Milo is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second Milo
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Havens Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Havens Corner.
Newspapers Published in Havens Corner ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Havens Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Havens Corner, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Havens Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Havens Corner:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Yates County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Livingston County
- Monroe County
- Ontario County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Tompkins County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Havens Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Havens Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |